Daily Prayer After These Devotions.
Praised be God, that we have undertaken this devotion according to the instruction of St. Catharine. We beg of thee, Mary, Mother of the expected Child, and Queen of angels, that thou deignest to obtain for us especially two graces. First, to really bewail our sins and our past infidelities, and second to attain after our death eternal salvation. We will cry out from the bottom of our heart according to the example of Catharine: “Turn then, Mary, thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this, our exile, show us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O blessed, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary!”
Then recite the Litany of the Blessed Virgin.[1]
V. Make us worthy to praise thee, O Blessed Virgin, Mother of my God.
R. That I may have power against my enemies.
Let Us Pray.
O God, Who, after the announcement of the angel, didst create a body for Thy divine Son [pg 528] in the bosom of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant us the grace that we, who acknowledge her great privilege, may be assisted by her intercession. We pray Thee, O God almighty, that Thou mayest purify our hearts and consciences by Thy heavenly visitation, that Thy divine Son Jesus Christ, when He shall come with all the saints, may find a fitting habitation prepared for Him. Who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.
Mass for Advent.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.